I have been so captivated about this new and exciting marketing trend that I set up this blog to gather ideas, comments and input from experts, professionals as well as ordinary citizens. My goal is to get this site as the central, focus point on pertinent news, information and developing trends about the text message or short code marketing industry.

Remember the internet about 10 to 15years ago? What did the ‘experts’ say then?

Where are they now? And by the way, who has not heard of Bill Gates?

Now let me make a very bold statement!

I believe that the mobile text marketing industry is going to be the next biggest thing since the internet! Businesses which learn, use and capitalize on this trend will thrive and grow; those which do not will simply die! Individuals who understand and take advantage of this trend by exposing and marketing the product to businesses (small, medium and large) will generate substantial fortune!

And businesses who OFFER these services have the potential of creating unimaginable wealth to its investors and owners (remember Microsoft and Google).

Now, don’t take my word for it, listen to the following quotes:

o Mobile marketing is changing the advertising and marketing landscape the same way that the internet did a decade ago’. Source: Unknown.

o ‘There will be more than 350 billion text messages sent in the US alone this year’. Source: Mobile Marketing Association

o Short code text message advertising is the most powerful advertising medium ever invented’ Source: New York Times.

Over the next couple of weeks, we will discuss the following:

o What is mobile/sms/ text marketing? How does it work?

o What does “short code” mean? Why is it so important?

o Hint: Remember the domain name on the internet? The short code is the equivalent on your mobile device! I’ll show you how to get one inexpensively!

o If you are a small business owner (restaurant, bar, car wash, grocery store, car dealership, real estate) how do you get a leg up in your neighborhood?

o If you are an individual who wants to take advantage of this trend. How and where do you start?

o And much more!!

Stay tuned and let me hear from you.

If you think about it generally the best way to find the people at the top of any profession is to find out who the people at the top of the food chain in OTHER industries are using …

Example … Want to know who some of the best lawyers are? You might find out who Bill Gates or Steve Jobs or Warren Buffet uses … right? Ok, sure they might be out of your price range but you found them fairly quickly. Now it's probably safe to say that those lawyers know many of the other top lawyers in other specialties as well … so all you would need to ask those lawyers who the best XYZ lawyer is for a particular situation, right?

It is really the same in medicine, now do not get me wrong..there are plenty of great doctors who do not take care of celebrities and pro-athletes etc … phenomenal doctors. There are managed groups out there right now who have networks of great doctors.

Castle Connolly provides a nationwide search tool. This is membership / subscriber based but the fee is not too hefty to become a member.

While finding doctors is one part of the equation, receiving quick access to them is another. Typically you will wait weeks, even months to get in to see an elite specialist. Concierge medical practices that offer a VIP- Preferred access program are springing up all over the country to provide quicker appointment times, less waiting in the waiting rooms, and other services.

There are only a few nationwide "VIP" "Preferred Access" models out there:

One of those is MDVIP who offer VIP access to local doctors. This is a traditional concierge model where doctors become partners with MDVIP and they limit their practices to around 600 patients and provide VIP access to those patients who opt in. Patients who opt out must find another doctor.

Another nationwide network of doctors providing preferred access and elite care is Team Doctors Preferred Access. The Team Doctors network is composed of doctors who are or have been the team doctors of professional sports teams. This network of doctors has been in existence informally for some twenty plus years and just now formalized by several of the team physicians. Members receive pro-active local and nationwide access to the team physicians, who know just about all the other elite specialists and medical centers locally and across the country.

I Googled "doctor search" about 2 minutes ago and it shown 54,300,000 results! I hope this information will help you simplify your search!

Most people set goals based on what they think they can achieve. Successful people dream their goals. Their goals are based on their wildest imagination. Goals should be so big they scare you and excite you all at the same time! If you are comfortable with your goals, they’re not big enough.

Goals are not meant to be realistic. Was it realistic for the Wright brother to believe in the early 1900’s that we were capable of flying? You think that 20 year old Bill Gates who was a college dropout knew that by starting his computer company he would become one of the wealthiest men in the world? We all have a purpose on this planet and we’re all meant to do great things! However, we limit ourselves by thinking small and by not accepting our greatness. “What one man can do, another can do.” We’re all made of the same substance.

We are lacking innovation because we forgot how to daydream and imagine. We stopped using that intellectual faculty we call imagination. Millionaires are born every day as new inventions come to fruition. Every idea first begins with a thought. Everything is created twice, once in the mind and then in the real world. Imagination is one the key factors to manifesting what you desire. When did you stop dreaming? If you’re afraid of being laughed at, then don’t share your dreams, keep it sacred, for only those who will support you no matter what.

Write a list of 100 goals. There’s a magic about putting pen to paper and writing down your goals. If you run out of ideas, just keep writing, imagining and thinking. All my goals have been achieved this way. I have received promotions, money, raises, free vacations, dream cars all from first writing down my goals. What car do you want to drive? What kind of house do you want to live in? Where in the world do you want to vacation? How much money do you want to make? What is your perfect weight and size? What invention do you want to win a prize for? Let that mind of yours soar!

Dream big. You may not know how you are going to achieve these goals and that part doesn’t matter. You just need to know what you want to create. Leave the how to Higher Power

“Find a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life”

Confucius – 551 to 479 BC

Famed Chinese philosopher, Confucius wrote those words over 2000 years ago but never have they been more meaningful than they are today. The world has changed dramatically since the days of Confucius, to the point that nobody should accept a job they do not enjoy.

If we simply review the events of the twentieth century it is easy to see that mankind has grown and evolved to allow human beings to enjoy the best of everything. The twentieth century saw the First World War, The Second World War, The Korean War and The Vietnam War. The atom bomb, intercontinental ballistic missiles, machine guns and plastic explosive, were all created by twentieth century inventors. Warfare on a world scale became the norm and during the cold war of the sixties, seventies and eighties the world feared that an all-out atomic war might end civilization as we knew it. But all of that has changed…for the better!

Now, in the twenty-first century, the cold war is over and other than some protracted skirmishes in the middle-east and the ongoing threat of terrorism, the world powers have put down their weapons of mass destruction and are working toward a world where life is good for everyone. All over North America, races of all creeds and colors are living and working together with less prejudice and greater tolerance than ever before. Education is available to virtually anyone who wants it and private and public funding is available to ambitious, optimistic entrepreneurs who want the chance to turn their innovative ideas into viable business enterprises. Bill Gates started the Microsoft Corporation in a garage with his partner Paul Allen, eventually turning it into one of the most successful businesses in the world and making Gates and Allen two of the richest men in the world. True to Confucius, they found the job they loved and I suspect that in their minds, they never worked a day in their lives. Like the founders of Microsoft, your dreams are attainable! This is the best time in the history of the world for you to find the best job for you!

Entrepreneurship is not for everyone but no matter what you do or who you work for, you have the right to be happy. All people do not have the inclination, skill or drive to start and run their own business, but everyone has some sort of talent or skill that is driven by their own internal motivation. Those talents and skills will add value to the right employer if you choose your job wisely. The challenge that many people face is that they are willing to settle for a job that is in no way, shape or form suited to their natural talents, skills or motivations. When people settle for a job they don’t like, they become unsettled internally. Many people become unhappy, frustrated, bored, depressed or even angry from just the thought of having to go to work every morning. Many people exhibit bad behaviour and negative attitudes at work, inflicting their lack of job satisfaction on others. The saddest part of this is that many of those people never give any real thought to what is making them unhappy. They simple accept the fact that their life is lacking something and carry on settling until they retire or die. Ultimately, their dissatisfaction will spill out all over every facet of their life and they will begin to find fault everywhere they go. For those people, a life of being miserable becomes an ingrained lifestyle and some even embrace their misery as a badge of honour. “Woe is me!” You know the type!

Stop the madness! Sort out what you like to do; what you are good at; what makes you happy; and then find a job you love. The perfect job is out there for you if you have the courage to go looking for it. If you don’t know where your strengths lie, do a skill and talent assessment survey to pinpoint what motivates you. Stop blaming your employer for your lack of job satisfaction and either work with him or her to change your job to suit you or quit and find something that does suit you. You have no one to blame but yourself if you are unsatisfied or unhappy at work. If you choose to stay in a job you don’t like you will have the hardest job on earth!

Remember Confucius: “Find a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” It’s up to you!

When it comes to learning how to get started with wealth building it’s important to note that income and age has little to do with how successful you’ll be. You can go from earning nothing to earning millions in as little as a year and many people are a testament to this. While the real goal of wealth building is gradual, consistent growth in income and assets the great thing is you can get started today, here’s how.

Getting started with building your wealth is as simple as knowing that you can in fact do it. Actually understanding that there is no difference in between you and Bill Gates or Warren Buffett is a great way to point yourself in the right direction. It isn’t as if you’re trying to trick yourself into believing this, you need to actually understand it and be conscious that you can be just as successful.

Getting started doing little things like saving money and getting in the habit of putting money away is something you’ll have to do sooner or later, so the sooner the better. Even putting spare change in an old jar is a great way to save extra money that’s lying around. Start to value even the smallest penny and understand it’s another step in the right direction.

Wealth building is all about taking baby steps and working towards a larger goal. As soon as you possibly are able to you should begin putting away larger sums of money like $50 or more every month. The more you can save each month the closer you’ll get to truly building your wealth.

Another great habit to get accustomed to as soon as possible is being practical with your money. Many people waste money on things they don’t realize are a waste of money-until it’s too late. Impulsively purchasing anything and everything is a sure-fire way to deplete your funds and essentially, throw them away. The more you value your money the less likely you are to throw it away at pointless investments or purchases.

Just with any other large task, building your wealth and overall assets is a constant work in progress. Over time you’ll learn how to be better at it and save more efficiently while making wise investments and long term decisions. The more serious you are about building your wealth the easier it becomes and the more you’ll learn along the way.

Do you ever wonder what it is that makes one entrepreneur very successful and another not? Is it luck, timing, money, connections, intelligence, honesty, dishonesty, attitude or that it is just mean to be for some and not for others? I have put together a list of 10 attributes that are universal for all who wish to be successful entrepreneurs. Successful does not mean being Dale Carnegie, Bill Gates, Donald Trump or Mark Zuckerberg. It means achieving the success you want in your life. This is not my opinion but attributes taken from other lists over the years as well as form the many books I have read that have discussed the keys to success for many successful entrepreneurs.

1. Creative Thought. – It is the creative thought of the entrepreneur that inspires them to go forth and make a difference. For each of us as entrepreneurs, creativity will never be lacking. In fact, too much creativity may be our biggest downfall. Too many times we get caught up in the excitement of the creative idea that we lose focus on the most important task at hand. Creativity is the lifeblood of the entrepreneur. Almost all we have today is because an entrepreneur came up with the an idea for change or betterment to what currently existed.

2. Courage – Despite all the odds we know are against us we go forward with our desire for entrepreneurship. Courage is the knowing the risks that you must face, yet going forward with your desire for your new entrepreneurial venture.

Think of the world with no personal computers. Imagine they do not exist. Let’s say you’ve heard of these things called computers, but they were really for the big secretive companies, government and maybe very, very rich people. Now imagine a guy coming up to you and saying that he was going to invent a computer that would be called the Personal Computer and that in a short time every household would have at least one. How crazy would you think this person is? That is not exactly how it happened but close enough for our discussion here. Because of that crazy idea with all the odds against him Bill Gates had the courage to go forward and today is the second richest man in the world, with a net worth of $56 Billion.

3. Bravery – In the midst of start-up or business growth the entrepreneur does not think of who this is for, why it is worth it or the consequences of failure. They push forward with the fortitude of success. Bravery is different from Courage in terms of action. Bravery is the act of “the fight” and not caring how big the odds are against you. But Bravery exists because of the desire to win and you put it all on the line. Successful entrepreneurs have both courage and bravery. They have the knowing of what is against them and as they enter the ring of battle they put all to the side and focus on success. Their bravery comes from a deeper place, not that just of money but of success for a personal and deep emotional reason. If they do not have a deep emotional connection to the reason for their success their bravery is empty and will not succeed.

4. Confidence – The entrepreneur has a “knowing” that they can achieve their dream. No matter what anyone else says to them. Confidence is not blissful ignorance. Confidence means that after acquiring the research, data and facts needed, knowing that YOU can make it work. A high level of confidence is extremely important because there will be many things that will happen during your pursuit of success that will challenge your belief and of those around you.

Did you know that Colonel Sanders, of Kentucky Fried Chicken, went to 1009 restaurants (which took over 2 years) before he received his first yes. 1009….how many of us would have kept going after 50…100…200…not me. I would have thought I had a bad idea and gone back to rethink. Not him. He had confidence in his idea and was not going to let anything or anyone break that confidence. God bless him.

5. Humility – To balance their confidence the successful entrepreneur needs to know that they don’t have all the answers. Although confident, they are humble enough to understand that they must always be open to the feedback of the world around them and be willing to absorb, analyze and decide which feedback will help them to achieve their dream. Stubbornness is just stupidity with an attitude. If there is one thing the successful entrepreneur is not, is stupid.

6. Learner – It is at that moment that you feel you are “there” that you are then the furthest you have ever been from being there. The entrepreneur must be the perpetual and hungry student. The longer we are in business, the more experience we gain, the more knowledge we accumulate, the more we realize how little we know. Learning is the key to succeeding.

7. Strategist – Very, very few businesses become successful by chance. Successful entrepreneurship takes thought, planning, execution, analysis, evaluation, adjustments and implementation. In a word, Strategy.

Imagine you have been dropped in the desert with 2 days of water and 3 days in every direction but one, until you reach a water supply. If you guess which way to go, you are more than likely dead. However, if you take time to strategize where you are now and which direction is the most likely path to water in two days not three, you have greatly upped your chances of success. The strategist is all about working smart not hard. The strategist understands the muscle between your two ears is much more powerful than all the other muscles in your body, combined!

8. Focus – This is the myopic thought process of success. If you know what you want and you stay focused on achieving “that” then all you do will continue to get you closer to achievement. As mentioned above, creativity is usually the one attribute of the entrepreneur that can make them never reach success. Non-focused creativity can cause us to put time and energy into things that are not of the most immediate importance. Staying focused is the key to clear and productive creative thinking.

9. Determined Perseverance – The successful entrepreneur is determined to succeed no matter what gets in their way. You will have tough times. You will want to quit. You will be frustrated, tired, exhausted, depressed and stressed out. It is okay. Just persevere. Your determination will drive your perseverance.

It is said that Thomas Edison had at least 10,000 failed experiments until he came up with the right formula for the electronic light bulb. Ten-thousand. That is a lot. Is there anything you would stick with if you failed at it 10,000 times? Now that is Determined Perseverance. Excuse me while I go shut off the light.

10. Celebrator – The hard-working entrepreneur knows when to celebrate. Encouragement for the entrepreneur rarely comes from the outside. Most of the “at-a-boys” have to come from each of us to ourselves. It is important that we celebrate our successes. We work hard for successes, but we must understand that we don’t achieve success like winning the lottery. Our ultimate vision of success doesn’t happen all at one time. It come in bits and pieces. Like stepping-stones. There have been those few that do reach it at once, but they are few and far between. Most of them who succeed so quickly fail almost as quickly, because they have not been able to learn from the experience of failures. We must celebrate the mini-successes we have. The benchmarks of success are what let us know that we are reaching our ultimate goal. Otherwise the ultimate success we are looking to achieve may be too far off to appreciate.

These ten attributes of the successful entrepreneur do not stand-alone. You cannot have some without the others. Entrepreneurs are made up of many different types of people. Educated and non-educated, experienced and brand new, men and women, as well as, all races, religions and those of different socio-economic status. Anyone can be a successful entrepreneur if they continually develop their attributes. These are not in place of skills. This list is stating the foundational attributes needed. Communications skills, financial skills, leadership skills and the many others that entrepreneurs possess are not universal. These above are universal. We all need them in order to be a true entrepreneurial success.

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are both names that are synonymous with computers. Well, at least they are with modern computers but they were just building on an idea that came along in the 1800’s and continued to grow throughout time. What used to be huge machines that took up all sorts of room and did only rudimentary (to our standards) work, we now hold in our hands and of course technology is only advancing further all the time.

So, we go back in time, to an Englishman named Charles Babbage who, most say was born just too early for his ideas. He originated the concept of a programmable computer and because of this is known as the father of the technology. He invented the first mechanical computer back in 1833 which was an analytical engine. The input of data and programs was to be provided to the machine through punched cards. The output had a printer, a curve plotter and a bell and it could punch numbers on cards that could be read at a later date. His idea even had an arithmetic logic unit, control flow and integrated memory, which would have been, had it been made, the first ever design for general use.

All of the parts for Babbage’s machine had to be made by hand and unfortunately his idea never reached fruition as the government cut his grants and he ran out of money. His son, Henry Babbage did make a simplified version of his dad’s idea though, in 1888 and he successfully demonstrated that it worked in 1906.

All of these ideas made way for the analog computers which used direct mechanical or electrical models of a problem as the basis for the computation. But, they were not programmable, they weren’t accurate and they weren’t very versatile. Something had to change.

The first programmable electronic computer was ENIAC which was fast and flexible and was completed in 1946. The program was designed by the states of its patch cables and switches. Someone would write a program and then mechanically set it into the machine with a manual reset of the patch cables and wires. It was a far cry from what we have today in the way of computers as it took up 1,800 square feet and weighed a hefty 50 tons. Imagine hauling that around in your pocket!

Technology kept progressing and today we can do almost anything from a tiny device we carry around with us. Incredible. What is next? Stay tuned!

The internet technology has no respect for race, religion, educational status, etc. Once you know the rules of operating online, you can also turn in profits irrespective of your background. For example, Michael Dell became a millionaire because we needed his computer to browse, Bill gates became a millionaire because we needed his Windows software to browse the internet. They were both dropped out from college. The internet has made them millionaires. Do you not think you too can be the next millionaire with the proper utilization of internet?

About five years ago, I observed that people are frustrated of working for others and the nation trend is moving to "how can I own MY business and stop working for others". But most of these people do not know where to start and how to generate their own business idea and what is needed to start one. Even the greatest challenge facing them was' Where can I get a huge capital to start the businesses. I saw this as a great potential market. I searched later came out with a material on how to start your own business with little or no capitals. I offered the manual for sale on the internet with $ 45 dollars as capital and the story was different today as I made a lot of money from that. The point I am driving home here is that you too can get rich utilizing the power of internet.

You can also become an internet millionaire. I do not flatter you; I meant every word of that statement. After all, internet is what made me the biggest bread winner within the circle of friends. You do not need to become a super-human to make it big online. If a dummy like me can succeed, I do not see reason why you should not. Just have a good mindset. Think like internet millionaire.

Internet success has everything to do with your mindset. If you can not conquer your negative mind to success, then do not waste your time going for business online. As you are reading this article and a mind is telling you that everything I have been saying is internet gimmick then you are losing already. Therefore set your mind straight as there is nothing anyone can do about that. The fact that you have to lose a lot on internet business does not mean you can not make it again, probably you just need to try a little bit before your success story comes. So, internet business is the next easiest way of becoming millionaire, you should join them now so that you will not regret it later.

Figuring out how to make money in college used to be a difficult task with not many choices.

Many college students have no idea the amount of money they can make while still in school thanks to the internet but sadly some are still choosing the “old methods’ like becoming a bartender, working at a book store, or a coffee shop. Why not just work out of your dorm room like the smart kids are doing?

Seriously we are no longer in our parents generation. The days of trading our time for money and being too tired to finish our home work because of our side job is over! The internet and the new emerging economy is going to change the way you look at learning how to make money in college forever…Below are 3 easy tips to begin raking in some serious dough, working part-time hours from your dorm room, that are easy to do.

How to make money in college the smart way – 3 tips to get started, today!

1. Join a high ticket affiliate marketing or direct sales program: Many college students are making over 6 and some even 7 figures right now from their college dorm rooms using the power of the Internet. Joining a high ticket affiliate program will put you on the fast track to success and there are many out there for you to choose from, they’ll even teach you how to go from 0-250k your first year! Not bad huh?

2. Become a member of a successful internet marketing community: Bill Gates and Steve Jobs both dropped out of college to pursue their passions thanks to technology and this was before the internet! Imagine what you can do today? By joining a community of successful entrepreneurs or internet marketers you are putting yourself ahead of the rest of the pack. There are tons of communities out there, some free, some paid join the one that resonates with you the most.

3. Find a successful mentor and friends: Learning how to make money in college is a lot easier if you keep good company. The easiest way to become good at something or make a lot of money is find someone who is already good at it. The cool thing is most successful people, including self-made millionaires love to give back and help others, take advantage of this.

One last piece of priceless wisdom:

We are in a NEW ECONOMY, things are rapidly changing in our nation and on our planet. If you really want to come out on top, pay attention to these trends and take action! There is more opportunity at your fingertips than you could ever imagine, make good use of it and good luck!

To learn more about how to make money in college in this new emerging economy please visit: www.NewEconomySecrets.com

From the day we become conscious of our presence on this planet and others that care about us hold our finger to help us take our first steps constantly warn us. We are warned from experiencing. We wish to put our finger into the burning candle but we are warned. At every step, those who care about us the most are there to warn us, to protect us from getting hurt. As we grow older, we still continue to take numerous steps in our personal, professional and social domains and we are still warned. Whether it is in choosing a life partner or choosing a career, we are encouraged to reduce the number of failures along the way because it is believed that making mistakes and failing at any task in life brings unhappiness and as human beings are goal is to achieve the happiness. We are conditioned to achieve contentment through success in everything we do in any domain of our life. So I had to find what the life of a successful person was like.

In reading life stories of various socially successful people, whether it was the story of Oprah Winfrey, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates or Warren Buffet, it was evident that no two people had identical blue print of how they became successful. Every name had a unique story that only belonged to them. Even the products or services they offered were never not identical. You could always find two laptop computers from two different manufacturers, but they are both bound to have something unique about them.

Yet, the world seemed to measure the success of these inventors and creators by one common denominator. The amount of wealth they had created relative to the average Joe. It was still mind pondered. There still had to be one common criteria that led them all to become better than the average Joe. So I dived into the life of successful people whose interest was beyond creation of wealth. Some of the well-known names that I came across were Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi. It was evident that none of these names were labeled as most successful stories of their times because of the billion dollar empires they created through their inventions. Yet, they were all considered success stories.

As I discovered these completely opposite spectrums of successful stories, one that was characterized by the wealth generated through their unique inventions and the other which had no link to creation of wealth but was solely driven by purpose. There was one common factor amongst every story across the board. Every successful name on both the lists had encountered failure along their journey. Failures that were also unique to them. Whether it was a journey to create a product or provide a service, or working towards a vision for humanity, undeniably there was failure in the equation to create success. All of them were relentless and continued on their path despite all odds against them.

Whether you dream of building the next generation of mobile device that will revolutionize the way the world communicates or you envision eliminating hunger or poverty from the planet, it is inevitable to embrace failure. The world around you conditions you to protect yourself from failing in your relationships or your career. But only when you feel in your heart that failure is your friend not your enemy, you are on a path to achieving your goals. When a thought of failing comes to you but that you no longer feel nervous, you have embraced failure and you will know that you are on a path to achieving what you desire.